Nutritional Status and Physical Activity Level of White-Collar Workers: An Island Example

Authors : Burçin KARAVELİOĞLU, Günsu SOYKUT ÇAĞSIN, Adile ÖNİZ

Pages : 148-157

Doi:10.30621/jbachs.1256067

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Publication Date : 2023-09-30

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :The conducted study aimed to determine the nutritional status and activity level of white-collar workers. 211 volunteers\` demographic information, anthropometric measurements, and 3-day food recording were determined. The scales “Diet Quality Index-International insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(DQI-I);”, “Healthy Eating Index-2015 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(HEI-2015);”, and “Dietary Approaches to Prevent Hypertension insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(DASH);” were used to determine the quality of the diets. The International Physical Activity Questionnaire-Short Form insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(IPAQ); was used to calculate the activity level of the participants. The average age of participants were 35.70 ± 9.36, while 70.6% were women. The average diet quality scores for DQI-I, HEI-2015, and DASH were 47.8 ± 9.79, 56.40±14.04, and, 2.70 ±1.29 respectively. The IPAQ average score was calculated as 851.44±1065.01 MET. The IPAQ results showed that only 13.3% of participants had sufficient activity levels. The physical activity level of the men was found to be significantly higher than that of the women insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(p<0.05);. The activity levels of participants with good healthy eating index scores were also found to be statistically higher insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(p<0.001);. In addition, participants with high DQI-I scores had significantly higher healthy eating habits with HEI-2015insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(p<0.001);. The current study showed that white-collar workers had insufficient physical activity levels, however, sufficient levels of physical activity were correlated with better diet quality.
Keywords : Physical activity, diet quality, white collar workers, nutrition